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A collection of scriptural meditations from Saints and Fathers of the Church.

It is just as shameful for lovers of the flesh and the belly to search out spiritual things as it is for a harlot to discourse on chastity. A body suffering grave illness shuns fatty foods and abhors them; and likewise, a mind occupied with worldly affairs cannot approach the inquiry into things of God. A fire cannot be ignited with wet wood, nor can the divine fervor be kindled in a heart that loves ease.

Do not oppose the thoughts, which the enemy sows in you, but rather cut off all converse with them by prayer to God. We have not always strength enough so to oppose hostile thoughts as to stop them; on the contrary, in such attempts they frequently inflict us with a wound that is long in healing.

Except for unceasing prayer we cannot draw near to God.

Humility, even without works, can save a man.

Love sinners, but hate their works; and do not despise them for their faults, lest you be tempted by the same trespasses.

The iniquitous mouth is stopped during prayer, for the condemnation of the conscience deprives a man of his boldness.

The prayers of those who hold grudges is sowing on stone.

A life of spiritual endeavor is the mother of sanctity; from it is born the first experience of perception of the mysteries of Christ--which is called the first stage of spiritual knowledge.

Beware of reading the doctrines of heretics for they, more than anything else, can equip the spirit of blasphemy against you.

When patience greatly increases in our soul, it is a sign that we have secretly received the grace of consolation. The power of patience is stronger than the joyful thoughts that descend into the heart. Life in God is the downfall of the senses; when the heart lives, the senses fall away. The resurrection of the senses is the deadening of the heart; when the senses are quickened, it is a sign that the heart has died to God.

Virtue is not accounted virtue if it is not accompanied by difficulty and labors.

Virtues are connected with suffering.

It is a spiritual gift from God for a man to perceive his sins.

Love of God proceeds from conversing with him; this conversation of prayer comes about through stillness, and stillness comes with the stripping away of the self.

Stillness mortifies the outward senses and resurrects the inward movements, whereas agitation does the opposite, that is, it resurrects the outward senses and deadens the inward movements.

Ease and idleness are the destruction of the soul and they can injure her more than the demons.

One who is capable of seeing himself is better than one who has been made worthy to see angels.

Do not be surprised that when you draw near to virtue, grievous and intense tribulations come to you on all sides: for virtue is not considered virtue, if it does not involve hard work.

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